In memory of the heroes who go before us and to honor those who go after, from one generation to the next.

1 February, 2003

27 January, 1967

28 January, 1986

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Bush quoted Scripture and said, "The same creator who names the stars also knows the names of the seven souls we mourn today. The crew of the shuttle Columbia did not return safely to earth but we can pray that all are safely home."

High Flight

Oh! I have slipped the surly bonds of earth

And danced the skies on laughter-silvered wings;

Sunward I've climbed, and joined the tumbling mirth

Of sun-split clouds - and done a hundred things

You have not dreamed of - wheeled and soared and swung

High in the sunlit silence. Hov'ring there,

I've chased the shouting wind along, and flung

My eager craft through footless halls of air.

Up, up the long, delirious, burning blue

I've topped the wind-swept heights with easy grace

Where never lark, or even eagle flew -

And, while with silent lifting mind I've trod

The high untrespassed sanctity of space,

Put out my hand and touched the face of God.

John Gillespie Magee, Jr.

When I must leave you for a little while

Please do not grieve and shed wild tears

And hug your sorrow to you through the years

But start out bravely with a gallant smile;

Reach out your hand in comfort and in cheer

And I in turn will comfort you and hold you near;

And never, never be afraid to die,

For I am waiting for you in the sky!

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U.S.S. JOAN OF ARC     NCC-73289

Space Explorers Memorial Page

28 January, 1986

In Honor of those who whave paid the ultimate price to expand our knowledge of the universe

"It's not safe out here.  It's WONDROUS...

but it's not for the timid." ~  Q to Picard, TNG "Q Who"

Our thanks and our gratitude to those who aren't timid and

                                   "Boldly Go Where No One Has Gone Before"